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Jenson Button could end up with a female team-mate before very long. His Honda boss has offered talks to pint-sized American racer Danica Patrick after she made history in the Indy Racing League series. Patrick made her IndyCar debut in 2005, however, it was not until three years later, driving for Andretti Green Racing, that she claimed her first victory, winning the Indy Japan 300 and thereby becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race. The American is now hoping to test her skills in Formula One, admitting that she would relish a ‘proper’ test with one of the...

Tony Romo Didn't Impress New Flame Jessica Simpson NEW YORK (CBS) ― You could say that Jessica Simpson wasn't a good luck charm for Dallas Cowboy star Tony Romo. Simpson, Romo's new girlfriend, was sitting in a luxury box with Romo's parents rooting for her man while wearing a pink Dallas Cowboy's jersey with his number (#9) on it. Romo, whose ex- girlfriend is Carrie Underwood, played terribly in their final home game before the playoffs, a 10-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Romo was 13-of-36, for 214 yards, with a career-low passer rating of 22.2. Ironically, Romo's worst rating...

<p>WASHINGTON — A former New York policeman died Tuesday night as his 21-year-old son prepared to appear at the State of the Union address to symbolize the desperate health problems of some Sept. 11 workers.</p> <p>Cesar Borja, 52, had been in intensive care, breathing through a tube, at Mount Sinai Medical Center, awaiting a lung transplant.</p>

Judges reviewing auto-emission rules should consider California jinx This week U.S. District Judge Anthony Ishii held the California Air Resources Board in abeyance from enforcing new vehicular tail-pipe emission standards for greenhouse gases until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a related global warming case. The issue catapulted into Judge Ishii's court after a California Central Valley auto dealership and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers sued the state. At issue is whether the rule is a de facto mandate on fuel-economy standards, which must be set by the federal government. http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/CA_Auto_Emissions_271190C.shtml Like the phrase from the movie and novel...

A Glimpse Ahead Timothy Snodgrass The Impossible Will Come Alive In 2005 01/28/05 In January of 2004, as we began to intercede for the New Year the Holy Spirit gave us the prophetic slogan, "The Seas will Roar in 2004". This year we were given a new slogan, "The Impossible will come Alive in 2005". As the veil of darkness begins to come down over nations and regions, along with great shakings will come great breakthroughs; signs, wonders, healings and a spectacular release of miracles in impossible circumstances. This year, although we are ultimately poised to gain much ground, there...

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...

The Dick Morris Prediction Jinx is OVER! Dick Morris predicted Bush would win, and he did. WOW. How about that?

  Oddly Enough - UK Reuters CIA boss victim of ancient Albanian jinx? 13 minutes ago TIRANA (Reuters) - While heavyweight pundits ponder the 'real reasons' behind CIA (news - web sites) director George Tenet's sudden resignation, a Tirana newspaper has offered a typically whimsical explanation: he fell victim to an ancient Abanian curse.   The Korrieri daily said on Friday the Central Intelligence Agency (news - web sites) chief's resignation on Thursday fell a day before he had been due to visit Albania. "If he had not planned a visit to Albania, probably he would have not been...

WASHINGTON - It's a New England drought second only to the Curse of the Bambino. It has been 43 years since a candidate from the Northeast won the presidency. That was Democrat John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Since then, just one — former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis — has won his party's presidential nomination. The Democrat lost in 1988 to George H.W. Bush. The region's White House streak still falls far short of the 85 years since the Boston Red Sox last captured the World Series and the 83 years since the team invoked the curse by trading Babe Ruth...